Upcoming Performances:

Baruchs Schweigen
A chamber Opera by Ella Milch-Sheriff
Commissioned by the Braunscweig opera house
Libretto: Yael Ronen
Braunschweig Staatsoper, Germany
25.2.2010, premiere
3.3, 5.3, 18.3, 14.4, 27.5, 31.5, 17.6, 19.6, 26.6 (all 2010).
Due to audience's request, the opera performances will continue throughout 2010-2011 season. Exact dates will be announced.
Stage director: Ido Ricklin
Conductor: Burhardt Bauche

Flying Lessons
A chamber Opera by Ella Milch-Sheriff
Commissioned by the Cameri Theatre, Tel-Aviv
Libretto: Nava Semel, based on her book
The Cameri Theatre (coproduction with the Israeli Opera and Israel Sinfonietta)
9.1.2010, premiere
The Cameri Theatre, 2.2, 6.2, 28.4, 24-26.5, 14-15.6 (all 2010).
The Beer-Sheba Performing Arts Center, February 23rd and 24th, 2010.
Stage director: Yael Ronen
Conductor: Doron Salomon/Eithan Schmeisser

Concerto for Piano & Orchestra
Newly revised 2010
First performance
The Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Piano, Michal Tal
Conductor, Noam Sheriff
23, 24.5 Haifa, Auditorium, 20:30
26.5 Theatre of the North, Kiryat Hayim, 20:30

Past Performances:

Novermber 5th-12th, 2009
Opera York and Holocaust Center of Toronto, UJA Federation presents
"And the Rat Laughed", at the Richmond Hill Center for the Performing Arts.
Artistic Director: Sabatino Vacca
Stage Director: Melissa Bencic
Set Designer: Frank Pasian
Producer: Philip Trow.
For further information please call Peninah Zilberman @ 416-616-5195.

August 6th, 2009
Dark Am I, Israel, Beit Govrin caves
Noam Sheriff, conductor
Keren Hadar, Soprano, singers and instrumental ensemble

July 6,9,12, 2009
The Night’s End Anthem (World premiere, commissioned work dedicated to Tel-Aviv’s 100 anniversary)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Conductor
Keren Hadar, Einat Aronstein, Sopranos
Bat-Kol Children’s choir

Ella Milch-Sheriff with Maestro Zubin Mehta during the rehearsals
for "The Night’s End Anthem"
(Photo: Motti Kimhi)

May 7, 2009
Can Heaven be Void?, Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Dalia Atlas, conductor
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko, narrator
Joanna Dobrakowska, Mezzo-Soprano

April 19, 2009
"And the Rat Laughed", Tel-Aviv, Cameri theatre
Ori Leshman, conductor

January 3rd, 2009
Ballad on Three Prophets, Moran Choir, Conductor: Naomi Faran, Church in Abu Gosh.

December 4th, 2008
"And the Rat Laughed", Opera. Original Cast members, The Israeli Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Ori Leshman, The Cameri Theatre.

Novermber 16&17th, 2008
Mar de Ensueno, for Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra. Mezzo Soprano: Orit Gavriel, The Haifa Symphony, Conductor: Mendy Rodan.

Novermber 9th, 2008
Dark Am I - Potsdam, Germany. Soprano: Keren Hadar, Contratenor: David Feldman, Tenor: Eithan Drori, Bass: Will Lignel, Conductor: Ud Yoffe, The Potsdam Orchestra, Vocalise Festival.

Novermber 1st, 2008
Black is the Night, A Gypsy song for Soprano, Mandolin, Piano & Contrabass Based on text by Nissim Aloni.

October 25&27th, 2008
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Michal Tal, Piano, The Israel Sinfonietta Beer-Sheba, Doron Salomon conductor, The New Auditorium, Beer-Sheba.

September 23, 2008
Can Heaven be Void? - Vilnius, Lithuania, Conductor: Tamir Chasson.

August 6th, 2008
The Chautauqua festival, Amphitheatre, 20:15
"Credo", Trio for Violin, Violoncello & Piano
The Fine Arts Trio
World premiere.

28-29 June 2008
"Dark Am I"
First European tour
28.6.08 Eglise du sacre-coeur, Libramont, Luxemburg Province, Belgium at 20:30
29.6.08 Gothic Hall – Municipality of Brussels, Grand Place at 20:00

23 June 2008
"Little Woman"
Rona Israel-Kolat, Sopran, Shmuel magen, Cello, Irit Rob, piano.
"Etnachta", Henri Crown theatre, Jerusalem, 17:00 Live broadcast, Kol hamusika

8 June 2008
"And the Rat Laughed", Opera
National theatre, Bucharest, Romania, 11:00

6 June 2008
"And the Rat Laughed", Opera
Siviu Festival, Romania

6 June 2008
"Black is the Night", a gypsy song for Soprano, mandoline, Piano and Contrabass.
Text: Nissim Aloni
World premiere: Abu-Gosh festival, 19:00. Keren Hadar, Soprano, Milka Lax, Piano.

5 June 2008
"Little Woman"
Felicia Blumenthal House, Tel-Aviv, 20:30
Rona Israel-Kolat, Sopran
Hillel Tzori, Violoncello
Michal Tal, Piano

7 May 2008
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein: Conductor
Fanfare for Orchestra
World premiere: The festive concert to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary.

1 May 2008
"And the Rat Laughed", Opera
The Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv

May 2008
Poland and Germany, World premiere
Ballade on the Three Prophets
Text: Nava Semel

30 April 2008
"There in the other World"
For Children's Choir and Piano
Text: Nava Semel
Premiere: "Liron Choir", Ronit Shapira, conductor
Masua, Kibbutz Tel-Yitzhak
Live broadcast in the Israeli TV, Channel 2

"A Song for my Father"
A book by Ella Milch-Sheriff and Ingeborg Prior was published in March 2008 in Germany.

A new recording of "Duo for Violin and Viola" has been added to the site.

A new recording of "Touches" has been added to the site.

A Fox Channel 8 story about "Songs from the Edge" has been added to the site.
The full story can also be read on the Fox Channel 8 website.

Prof. Hanoch Ron, music critic of Israel’s biggest newspaper, chose Ella Milch-Sheriff as the ”Success - Israeli Born Composer” and gives a lecture about her works at the opening event of the Open University at the Tel-Aviv Museum, 19.10, at 09:30. For more details download the invitation (PDF, Hebrew) or visit the Open University site (Hebrew).

"Dark am I..." - a musical fantasy based on "The Song of Solomon", has been added to the site.

World Premiere: The Israel Fetival, Jeruslaem, Monday June 4th, 2007, Henri Crown Hall, The Jerusalem Theatre.

New! The CD of "Dark am I..." has been released and is now available for purchase at the concert venues.

"Can Heaven Be Void?"
Vancouver, Washington State, USA
Vancouver Symphony, Salvador Brotons, conductor, Janine Hawley, mezzo-Soprano. 12,13.5.07.

"Songs from the Edge"
The Audubon Quartet, Janine Hawley, Mezzo-Soprano.

Friday, May 18, 2007, 8 p.m.
Lyric Theater, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Reston Community Center, USA
Saturday, October 28, Saturday, May 19, 3:00 p.m

"Oh Lord, God of Hosts, hear my Prayer"
The Chancel Choir

Centenary United Methodist Church, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, 6.5.2007.

"Little Woman" for soprano, Cello and Piano
"My father's diary" (based on "Can Heaven Be Void?") for mezzo-Soprano, cello and piano
Salem College, 7.5.2007

Lecture at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
"Composing the Holocaust?"
Ella Sheriff talks about her opera "And the Rat Laughed" based on Nava Semel's book and on her cantata "Can Heaven Be Void?" based on her father's diary.
17.5.2007, 12:30, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.